penult

Clipping of penultimate (“next to last”).

• enPR: pēʹnŭlt', IPA^(key): /ˈpiːˌnʌlt/

penult (plural penults)

1. The next-to-last syllable of a word.
2. The next to the last in a series.

• (names of syllables): ultima, ult (last); penultima, penultimate, penult (last but one); antepenultima, antepenultime, antepenultimate, antepenult (last but two); preantepenultima (præantepenultima), preantepenultimate, preantepenult (last but three); propreantepenultimate, propreantepenult (last but four)

• n-tuple, puntel